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Wallace in Austin Date: "03/17/72"; (01:55); color, no sound; A man enters the Texas Capitol building in Austin, and speaks from the floor of the Texas Legislature.

Bussing Date: "03/17/72"; (01:57); color, no sound; Footage of white children and black children getting off of school buses, as well as interviews with parents and children.

Debakey Date: "03/17/72"; (00:40); color, no sound; Footage of a conference at the Baylor School of Medicine, with Dr. Michael E. DeBakey speaking from a podium, while drawings of various hospital buildings are displayed.

The digital preservation of this film was made possible by a grant to the Texas Archive of the Moving Image and the Houston Public Library from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.